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BATÁN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · BATÁN / LIMÓN · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-LIMON-MATINA-BATAN

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TSE vote books joined to official elected-member declarations where geographic and total checks reconcile. Substitutes retained separately. Subsequent replacements and current officeholder status require review.

1. What office, where, and when is the next election?

Geography
BATÁN / LIMÓN
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-71d1f35e904ad58dfd8348b9
Registry qualification
Unknown

2. How certain is that date?

2028-02-06 is expected (not formally called). Day precision. A date without a formal call is not confirmed.

3. Who won earlier selected elections?

2024-02-04

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA72.8%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL12.0%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA5.9%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS3.3%
  • NUESTRO PUEBLO2.3%
Results for event-41cea9538cc263b3b0d9ebc7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,37972.8%5Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202455712%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20242765.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241693.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241553.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUESTRO PUEBLOcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241052.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA34.4%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL23.2%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL10.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS9.4%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.0%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN5.1%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.1%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSE2.7%
  • NUEVA GENERACIÓN2.4%
  • AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSE2.2%
  • IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSE0.2%
Results for event-d1d99efde3b42214c0f79d6a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,69334.4%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,14123.2%2Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202051810.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20204619.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20203457%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20202505.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201543.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201312.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA GENERACIÓNcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201162.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AUTÉNTICO LIMONENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201062.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202090.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL28.0%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA25.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO20.0%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE12.1%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA8.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIO1.8%
  • ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓN1.6%
  • RECUPERANDO VALORES0.3%
Results for event-ba96fd29b7b13097a27e3fb3
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,38328%3Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,24825.2%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201698920%1Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201660012.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20164128.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161342.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTARIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016881.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCESIBILIDAD SIN EXCLUSIÓNcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016771.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RECUPERANDO VALOREScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016130.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

0 (recorded zero)0–100 historical closeness

Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Provisional imported-series comparison; actual-event review open

Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=60.8058608058608, oldest_gap=2.7305825242718456, previous_gap=11.210398050365555

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.94percentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Twelve explicitly named standalone national parties; accent variants normalized. Local parties and coalitions remain Other. No alliance votes are attributed to individual member parties. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Latest interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PLN","PUSC","PAC","Frente Amplio","PRN","Nueva Republica","PML","PIN","PASE","PRSC","PLP","PPSD","Other"], interval=Latest interval, vectors=[[12.001723766429649,72.80758457229045,0,0,0,3.641456582633053,0,0,0,0,0,0,11.549235078646845],[23.172217709179527,34.38261575954508,0,0,10.519902518277823,3.1275385865150285,0,0,5.077173030056865,7.006498781478473,0,0,16.714053614947197],[27.973300970873787,25.24271844660194,8.333333333333334,2.7103559870550162,0,0,1.779935275080906,0,1.557443365695793,20.004045307443366,0,0,12.398867313915858]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

30.62percentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Twelve explicitly named standalone national parties; accent variants normalized. Local parties and coalitions remain Other. No alliance votes are attributed to individual member parties. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Previous interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PLN","PUSC","PAC","Frente Amplio","PRN","Nueva Republica","PML","PIN","PASE","PRSC","PLP","PPSD","Other"], interval=Previous interval, vectors=[[12.001723766429649,72.80758457229045,0,0,0,3.641456582633053,0,0,0,0,0,0,11.549235078646845],[23.172217709179527,34.38261575954508,0,0,10.519902518277823,3.1275385865150285,0,0,5.077173030056865,7.006498781478473,0,0,16.714053614947197],[27.973300970873787,25.24271844660194,8.333333333333334,2.7103559870550162,0,0,1.779935275080906,0,1.557443365695793,20.004045307443366,0,0,12.398867313915858]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.78percentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Twelve explicitly named standalone national parties; accent variants normalized. Local parties and coalitions remain Other. No alliance votes are attributed to individual member parties. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Both intervals mean

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PLN","PUSC","PAC","Frente Amplio","PRN","Nueva Republica","PML","PIN","PASE","PRSC","PLP","PPSD","Other"], interval=Both intervals mean, vectors=[[12.001723766429649,72.80758457229045,0,0,0,3.641456582633053,0,0,0,0,0,0,11.549235078646845],[23.172217709179527,34.38261575954508,0,0,10.519902518277823,3.1275385865150285,0,0,5.077173030056865,7.006498781478473,0,0,16.714053614947197],[27.973300970873787,25.24271844660194,8.333333333333334,2.7103559870550162,0,0,1.779935275080906,0,1.557443365695793,20.004045307443366,0,0,12.398867313915858]]

Source-reported control: Unverified. Current tenure requires separate dated evidence.

5. Officeholder evidence

Dated roster observations are not automatically current tenure. The source current-office flag means this office is tracked now, not that the last winner still holds it.

Officeholder observations
PersonRoleAs ofAffiliationPrincipal?
HERMINIA GUTIERREZ VILLAGRASINDICATURAS PROPIETARIA2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JUNIOR ANDRES MURILLO VALLESSINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
KATHERINE LEITON CASTILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JUAN FRANCISCO GUTIERREZ ROMEROCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
LEDA MATA RAMIREZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ROSE MARY ARAYA CHAVARRIACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
DAVID ESTEBAN RAMIREZ MORENOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ERIKA GOMEZ DARKINESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
RODOLFO ANTONIO ALVARADO SOTOSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARJORIE CAMPOS MC KENZIESÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
LEONARDO FABIO GUZMAN DURANCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
ANGELICA OVARES LEALCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
GISELLA CAMBRONERO WASHCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ENRIQUE VASQUEZ HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARIO ALBERTO JUAREZ MONTEROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
ARYERY MELISA MORALES RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
JENNIFER TATIANA CRUZ FUENTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
JUNIOR ALBERTO MENDOZA MARTINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARGARITA CASTILLO LEONSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIA2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
GUIDO JAVIER ALVARADO QUESADASÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIO ALBERTO SALAZAR VILLEGASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
PAULA VASQUEZ HERNANDEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
MARJORIE CAMPOS MC KENZIECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE NEMESIO GARCIA GARCIACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOprincipal
KELLY TALAVERA QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GEINER FRANCISCO FERNANDEZ PANIAGUACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARIA ELENA FUENTES RODRIGUEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
HILDA MARIELA DIAZ OLIVASCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOsubstitute

6. Polling context

No local poll supplied.

7. Unresolved issues and sources

  • other · open

    Published province heading correction: {"issue": "Published province heading correction", "year": 2020, "area": "Heredia", "source_id": "S41377daad8", "resolution": "The amendment corrects CARTAGO to HEREDIA in the second table heading. It changes no votes, winners or seats; the original declaration is joined to Heredia."}

Sources

Cite this record

Center for Digital Democracy. “BATÁN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-LIMON-MATINA-BATAN. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S9546b68248, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--Sc44114deae, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S8c0ab8473e.